GAME TURN NINE

Watcher, Janna, Willow

The first two days of the voyage had been beautiful weather, with a fair wind and clear skies. Early on the morning of the third day visibility dropped to barely two miles, the skies became very overcast and a moderate rain began to fall. All that could seen of Willow was her topmasts and the Janna kept disappearing and reappearing from in the mist...As the ships shortened sail to deal with the weather the wind picked up and the rain continued for the next two days. Then it appeared to blow itself out. The fifth day of the voyage saw clear skies return with excellent visibility. The flagship's course had been plotted plotted to avoid the American shipping lanes and so far nothing had been sighted...All ships were still in approximate formation Watcher had a clear view of Janna who could see the Willow's topsails

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Bermuda is 32:22:01N 64:40:59W

Kingston Jamaica is 18:00:00N 76:45::00W

The trip would start with an initial heading of southwest (220.2 degrees)

Bermuda to Kingston Jamaica = 1243miles as the crow flies = 1080 nautical

Trivia

Captain Sir Harold Medicus KCB’s last command was the HMS Gilmore 74 on the America Station. She had an indecisive engagement with the USS Columbia 74

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Rear Admiral Medicus appeared on deck in full dress uniform in preparation for sailing. He nodded to Captain Giles who in turn gestured to the flag lieutenant. Signals went up and the convoy set sail. The Sunnydale followed them out of harbor like a sheep dog watching his flock...The Crab, the sole remaing vessel of the squadron, remained in port contining her patrol of the harbor entrance. She would follow in a week with any last minute dispatches. The Crab slowly disappeared from view as the convoy set all sail comfortable with the weather.

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